Congratulations to Allegheny Shotokan Karate for being named the Best Karate School in Pittsburgh by the Western PA Police Athletic League. The martial arts school has been serving the Pittsburgh region since 1969 founded by Bill Viola Sr. The school is home to Team Kumite Classic, an all star competition team that travels throughout the

Pittsburgh’s top female sport karate champion, Ali Viola, has made a successful crossover from Sport karate into D-1 Athletics as the Goal Keeper for the Youngstown State University Girls Soccer Team. As an NBL World Karate Champion she has made a name for herself as one of the toughest and dominant continuous sparring competitors in the country. That

The Viola Family, a name synonymous with karate excellence in the Pittsburgh region. Bill Viola Sr. has had the unique opportunity to teach all five of his children and promote all of them to Black Belt: Bill Viola Jr, Addie Viola, Jacque Viola, Ali Viola, and Joce Viola. Now the next generation of Viola’s have begun training